Chapter Summaries

Gu Shaoshang defeated Bai Fengxian and Ba, but Ba’s revelation drew out Kong, the ancient demon who blamed Gu Shaoshang for ruining his chance to reach the Shattering the Void realm. The chapter ended as Kong attacked Gu Shaoshang with overwhelming force.

• Gu Shaoshang shattered Bai Fengxian’s shield and body with a punch, then destroyed Ba’s Myriad Demon Banner and Heavenly Demon Dao Fruit.
• Gu Shaoshang questioned the injured Ba, who hinted that ancient powers stood behind the attack and revealed that his clan’s ancestor had once raised horses for Saint Emperor Pan.
• Kong emerged with immense blood qi and attacked Gu Shaoshang with the Heaven and Earth Great Grinding Mill, but Gu Shaoshang evaded the strike and moved Ba’s essence blood into the Nine Cauldrons space.
• Gu Shaoshang recognized Kong as the first demon of antiquity and asked why he had awakened, while Kong blamed him for losing his chance to reach the Shattering the Void realm.
• Kong struck Gu Shaoshang with a powerful fist and followed with another attack, intending to crush his head.

Gu Shaoshang fought Kong in a fierce battle, matching his immense power and surviving his demonic attacks. After Kong ambushed him from behind, Gu Shaoshang’s apparent destruction proved to be a counterattack, and he blew Kong apart with a single punch.

• Gu Shaoshang met Kong’s Heaven and Earth Great Grinding Mill with his Life and Death Wheel Seal, and neither gained the upper hand.
• Gu Shaoshang and Kong exchanged repeated blows, then Kong trapped Gu Shaoshang within his fist intent and attacked with Higanbana Flowers.
• Gu Shaoshang countered with the Scattered Arrows Strike and broke through Kong’s fist-intent space, while Kong unleashed the Ancient Demon of Original Sin.
• Kong vanished with a divine-thief technique and struck Gu Shaoshang from behind, apparently scattering his body into streams of light.
• Gu Shaoshang’s jade-white Fist Seal appeared behind Kong and blew the primordial demon apart.

After defeating Kong, Gu Shaoshang recovered from his injuries in seclusion and used rare materials and his will to refine the Future Lord. The Future Lord achieved initial completion, though its nine eyes remained unlit.

• Gu Shaoshang blasted Kong apart, but Kong regenerated, threatened him, and escaped with the Heavenly Human Leap.
• Gu Shaoshang sent Xing Xuan to Imperial Capital City to find Li Chunfeng and went to Great Snow Mountain to recover.
• After a month of recovery, Gu Shaoshang reviewed the martial arts and scriptures he had collected in the Yang Shen World.
• Gu Shaoshang burned rare materials with his flame of will and used his own vital energy and imprint to create the Future Lord.
• The Future Lord took on Gu Shaoshang's appearance with nine eyes, achieving initial completion without their light being ignited.

Gu Shaoshang integrated the Future Lord and spent years cultivating while Great Gan grew powerful and prepared to destroy Supreme Dao. As Yang Yunji’s forces closed in on Taishi Mountain, Meng Bingyun remained there with only one attendant.

• Gu Shaoshang absorbed the Future Lord, using its nine Dharma Eyes to deduce his techniques and strengthen his foundation.
• Over the next two or three years, Great Gan expanded its power after Meng Shenji and the Vital Energy God were defeated.
• Yang Yunji ordered Meng Bingyun to dissolve Supreme Dao and enter his palace, then declared war when she refused.
• Yang Yunji gathered Great Zen Temple and other sects and ordered them to wipe out Supreme Dao in three days, rejecting Qian Daozi’s attempt to defend Meng Bingyun.
• At Taishi Mountain, Meng Bingyun’s attendant reported that Elder Wen and the others had fled with pills and scriptures, leaving only the two of them behind.

Meng Bingyun defended the Supreme Dao from the Great Zhou Grand Ancestor while Ao Luan sought Gu Shaoshang’s help. As Gu Shaoshang completed his cultivation in seclusion, Xing Xuan brought him an urgent report about Meng Bingyun, and Gu Shaoshang’s murderous intent rose.

• Meng Bingyun used the Eternal Kingdom to drive the Great Zhou Grand Ancestor away from Taishi Mountain, then comforted Little He as the Supreme Dao remained under threat.
• Ao Luan arrived at Heavenly Mandate Hall and asked Li Chunfeng and Xing Xuan where Mister Hong was, saying the matter concerned Sister Bingyun.
• Gu Shaoshang reflected on how his opened acupoints had formed a vast, desolate grotto-heaven within his dantian.
• Gu Shaoshang’s blood and qi surged, and two drops of blood nearly formed human figures before he destroyed them.
• Xing Xuan urgently called to Gu Shaoshang, who let him enter as murderous intent filled his eyes.

Gu Shaoshang learned that Great Gan and its allies were moving to destroy Supreme Dao, so he rushed to Taishi Mountain to protect Meng Bingyun. He confronted the invading forces at Supreme Dao’s sect gate and overwhelmed the Incense Scent Sect’s Holy Maiden with a single punch.

• Xing Xuan told Gu Shaoshang that Yang Yunji had joined Great Zen Temple and other sects to wipe out Supreme Dao, and Gu Shaoshang immediately set out for Taishi Mountain.
• Yang Yunji arrived at Taishi Mountain with Yang Pan, Gongyang Yu, Great Zen Temple’s abbot and Yinyue, and the Incense Scent Sect’s leaders and forces.
• The Incense Scent Sect’s Holy Maiden led the assault toward Supreme Dao’s sect gate, where the group found a black-robed figure amid the primordial-energy light.
• Gu Shaoshang revealed that he knew the Holy Maiden’s Fragrant Soul Dream and warned her to leave, but she attacked him with tens of thousands of lightning-tribulation thoughts.
• Gu Shaoshang struck once, shattering the Holy Maiden’s thoughts and sending a devastating wave of power across Taishi Mountain.

Gu Shaoshang fought Yang Yunji and the Boat of Creation, striking it with his Life and Death Wheel Seal as the battle devastated Taishi Mountain. While Kong ambushed him during the clash, Meng Bingyun and several rival forces entered the conflict, leaving Gu Shaoshang in danger as he unleashed the Divine Emperor's Unrivaled Blade.

• Gu Shaoshang's fist intent killed the Sect Master of Incense Scent Sect and his disciples, while Monk Yinyue fled with several martial monks.
• Yang Yunji sent the restored Boat of Creation crashing toward Gu Shaoshang, but Gu Shaoshang's blood energy resisted its beam.
• Gu Shaoshang struck the Boat of Creation with his Life and Death Wheel Seal, sending the divine artifact flying and devastating the space around Taishi Mountain.
• Kong ambushed Gu Shaoshang with the Heaven and Earth Great Grinding Mill as Meng Bingyun sent the Eternal Kingdom's light to attack him.
• Great Zhou Grand Ancestor attacked Meng Bingyun, while the Sky-Splitting Great Emperor entered Taishi Mountain amid demonic music.
• Gu Shaoshang swung his left arm back and unleashed the Divine Emperor's Unrivaled Blade against Kong.

Gu Shaoshang overwhelmed the fighters at Taishi Mountain, rescuing Meng Bingyun and striking down Sky-Splitting Great Emperor’s demonic attack. He forced the gathered sects to surrender their manuals and ordered Yang Pan to stay.

• Gu Shaoshang charged into Kong, and their collision drove Kong through the mountain-protecting array and smashed Great Zhou Grand Ancestor apart.
• Sky-Splitting Great Emperor summoned the Original Sin Bone Demon to attack Meng Bingyun, then tried to escape with his demonic palace.
• Gu Shaoshang shielded Meng Bingyun, crushed the Original Sin Bone Demon with his Life and Death Wheel, and struck the demonic palace, leaving Sky-Splitting Great Emperor’s fate unknown.
• Gu Shaoshang ordered the assembled factions to leave their Daoist manuals behind and singled out Yang Pan to remain.
• The Great Zen Temple, Yang Pan, and the other sects submitted to Gu Shaoshang and surrendered their manuals.

Gu Shaoshang took the Boat of Creation from Yang Pan, stayed at the Supreme Dao, and began to grow closer to Meng Bingyun. As Yi Zi’s birth drew near and a warning said he had one year to ensure it, Fanzi’s hidden backup transported Gu Shaoshang to a vast heavenly realm of star-built palaces and tombs.

• Gu Shaoshang let Yang Pan leave after taking the Boat of Creation, then discussed the Great Zhou Grand Ancestor’s unexpected recovery with Meng Bingyun.
• Gu Shaoshang rejected the Supreme Dao’s Cosmic Sutras and Eternal Kingdom as payment and told Meng Bingyun that he wanted her.
• Gu Shaoshang stayed at the Supreme Dao for two years, and his relationship with Meng Bingyun gradually warmed.
• Gu Shaoshang received a warning that Yi Zi must be born within one year or the World Will would become alert and force him to return.
• Fanzi’s hidden backup enveloped Gu Shaoshang in glowing characters and transported him to a heavenly expanse filled with palaces and mausoleums made from stars.

Gu Shaoshang was trapped in a battle of wills against the Hundred Sages’ accumulated wisdom, while his Wushang incarnation fought the War Minister across the Outer Heavens. Gu Shaoshang remained focused on enduring the sages’ challenge as the War Minister struck back with a devastating attack.

• Fanzi summoned the Cemetery of the Hundred Sages and used the Hundred Sages’ Radiance to challenge Gu Shaoshang’s will and test his origins.
• Gu Shaoshang was engulfed by the sages’ scriptures and questions, while a fragment of his will stayed in control of his body.
• Gu Shaoshang noticed Meng Bingyun approaching and went to meet her, with his remaining will focused on her.
• Wushang fought the War Minister, pierced his War Robe, and wounded him with a hand blade.
• The enraged War Minister unleashed Eternal Longevity and attacked Wushang with the Hammer of Chaos.

Wushang killed the War Minister and absorbed his primordial qi, while Xu Yi’s council learned of the loss and vowed revenge. The Immortal King sent a soul into the Great Thousand World, and Yang Pan’s son was born as news arrived that Hong Xuanji was getting married.

• Wushang used One Person Three Transformations to distract the War Minister, then destroyed his body by shattering more than twenty thousand acupoints.
• Wushang absorbed the War Minister’s primordial qi, healed his body, and opened fifty thousand acupoints.
• Xu Yi learned that the War Minister had been reduced to a lingering thought and ordered the enemy’s sect and clan eradicated.
• The Immortal King considered the weakening seal and sent a soul from the Void Turbulence into the Great Thousand World.
• Yang Pan’s son was born, and the Incense Scent Sect’s Holy Maiden died after declaring their karmic bond severed.
• Yang Pan learned that Hong Xuanji was getting married and left the room without looking at his newborn son.

Yang Pan named his infant son Yang An, while Gu Shaoshang married Meng Bingyun and sensed a mysterious Female Immortal watching him across time and space. After their wedding, he discovered that Meng Bingyun was cultivating a secret scripture connected to the Female Immortal, and the story left off a year later as the National Teacher's Estate grew lively again.

• Yang Pan left the newborn Yang An in a eunuch's care, and Yang An opened his eyes and boasted about his plans for power and beauties.
• Gu Shaoshang married Meng Bingyun at a lavish ceremony attended by powerful figures from across the world.
• On their wedding night, Gu Shaoshang sensed a crimson-gold Female Immortal watching him across the River of Time and Space.
• After waking, Meng Bingyun told Gu Shaoshang she was cultivating the Innate Xihua Supreme Wonderful True Scripture, which she had obtained from the Eternal Kingdom.
• Gu Shaoshang suspected the secret scripture was connected to the Female Immortal, and a year passed before the National Teacher's Estate became lively again.

Gu Shaoshang welcomed his son Hong Yi, recognized signs that the child was destined for greatness, and sealed his awakened Sacred Body bloodline. He warned Meng Bingyun that the Female Immortal in her dreams might be influencing her through a cultivation scripture, then learned White Tiger wanted to travel to the Outer Heavens.

• Gu Shaoshang entered the delivery room to ease Meng Bingyun's pain as she gave birth to Hong Yi.
• Gu Shaoshang saw purple destiny around Hong Yi and fragments of Yi in the newborn's body, realizing his son was tied to the Zhou Yi.
• Before Hong Yi turned one, Gu Shaoshang discovered the child had awakened the Sacred Body bloodline and sealed it, putting him to sleep.
• Meng Bingyun told Gu Shaoshang that a Female Immortal resembling her past life had appeared in her dreams, and he warned her about the Innate Xihua Supreme Wonderful True Scripture.
• White Tiger told Gu Shaoshang he had passed seven lightning tribulations and wanted to go to the Outer Heavens to meet true experts.

After six years of confinement, Gu Shaoshang broke the Hundred Sages’ Radiance and began absorbing the sages’ wisdom, while his power continued to deter threats to Great Qian. Yang An was driven away from the Imperial Capital City by Gu Shaoshang’s awakening, and the chapter ended with Gu Shaoshang’s aura surging as he digested the Dao Fruits.

• Gu Shaoshang refused to let the White Tiger leave while most of his will remained trapped, and told it to wait six years.
• Gu Shaoshang considered the dangers surrounding the Yang Shen World and wondered whether Hong Yi would still become Yi Zi without hardship and hatred.
• Over the years, Great Qian prospered under Hong Xuanji’s deterrence, while Gu Shaoshang’s spies reported on the young merchant Yang An.
• Gu Shaoshang shattered the Hundred Sages’ Radiance with a blade of will, causing the sages’ statues and the Imperial Capital City to tremble.
• Yang An felt Gu Shaoshang’s will from outside the capital, mistook it for Hong Xuanji, and turned his carriage toward the border to join the army.
• Gu Shaoshang began digesting the Dao Fruits and wisdom of the Hundred Sages, displaying a tyrannical aura before Meng Bingyun and Li Chunfeng.

Gu Shaoshang discovered that Meng Bingyun was a response body of a Female Immortal, created to give birth to Hong Yi, and learned that she would eventually return to her original self. After traveling across Da Qian with her, he watched her leave on Taishi Mountain and returned alone.

• Gu Shaoshang demonstrated Flesh and Blood Derivation to Li Chunfeng and discussed the limits of martial power with him and Meng Bingyun.
• Gu Shaoshang sensed the Female Immortal inside Meng Bingyun and unleashed his fist intent, causing the Female Immortal to appear briefly before Meng Bingyun collapsed.
• Meng Bingyun awoke with memories of being a response body, and Gu Shaoshang realized she might disappear once her purpose was fulfilled.
• Gu Shaoshang and Meng Bingyun traveled together through Da Qian's provinces, regions, and seas.
• Gu Shaoshang watched Meng Bingyun leave on Taishi Mountain and later returned to the residence alone, in the winter of Da Qian's fifty-second year.

After Meng Bingyun vanished, Hong Yi resolved to become stronger so he could learn where she had gone. Gu Shaoshang traveled to the Wild Thunder Forbidden Domain to refine his body and develop the world within him, while Meng Shenji approached Imperial Capital City and caught Hong Yi’s attention.

• Gu Shaoshang told Hong Yi that Meng Bingyun had gone to another world, then refused to explain further and left; Hong Yi resolved to grow stronger.
• Gu Shaoshang sent a newly created Human Immortal to guard the Hong residence and traveled to the Wild Thunder Forbidden Domain to undergo tribulation.
• Gu Shaoshang absorbed the domain’s lightning to refine his body and strengthen his inner world, while the Future Lord began forming a Thunder Pool from accumulated treasures.
• Meng Shenji returned through reincarnation, disguised himself as an Old Daoist, and headed toward Imperial Capital City.
• Hong Yi left for the Heavenly Mandate Hall and noticed Meng Shenji reading Daoist scriptures in the marketplace.

Gu Shaoshang confronted Meng Shenji after the Daoist secretly gave Hong Yi the Past Amitabha Sutra, then offered his son a choice of studies. Hong Yi devoted himself to medicine and became a Martial Saint at eleven; that year, a young Great Gan commander crushed Yunmeng’s invasion.

• Meng Shenji gave Hong Yi a Dao Scripture that concealed the Past Amitabha Sutra, then met Gu Shaoshang in the Western Hills.
• Gu Shaoshang destroyed Meng Shenji’s body with a punch and sensed that the Immortal King had escaped its predicament.
• Gu Shaoshang offered Hong Yi the Martial Scripture, Dao Scripture, and Medical Scripture, and promised to teach him Confucianism after he mastered medicine.
• Hong Yi focused on medicine and became a Martial Saint by the age of eleven, despite Gu Shaoshang suppressing his martial cultivation.
• Yunmeng, Huoluo, and Yuantu invaded Great Gan from three fronts, and a young commander crushed Yunmeng’s Iron Hooves across the Foreign Territory.

The Immortal King destroyed the Deadly Silence Star, freed the God Kings, and revealed that he wanted Hong Xuanji’s body. Gu Shaoshang entered the Immortal Monument beneath the Divine Wind Country, where he defeated the Terror God King’s projection and shattered the monument’s restraints, freeing him.

• The Immortal King told the Great Destruction God King and Life-Ending God King that Hong Xuanji was a better body to claim than Xu Wuyi.
• The Immortal King destroyed the Deadly Silence Star with one sweep of his tail, and God King Gouli emerged from its ruins and joined him in retreating.
• Xu Yi dismissed the ministers’ criticism after they reported the destruction of the Deadly Silence Prison and the escape of the God Kings.
• Gu Shaoshang entered the Immortal Monument beneath the Divine Wind Country and confronted the Terror God King sealed within it.
• The Terror God King attacked Gu Shaoshang with a mental illusion, but Gu Shaoshang blasted apart his projection with one punch.
• Gu Shaoshang stomped through the White Jade Plaza and shattered the monument’s restraints, freeing the Terror God King.

Gu Shaoshang killed Terror God King with his newly formed Heavenly Human Five Decays fist and took the Immortal Monument. Meanwhile, Immortal King’s group headed for the Outer Heavens to regain strength, while Xu Wuyi continued pursuing Wushang and White Tiger.

• Gu Shaoshang defeated Terror God King with Heavenly Human Five Decays, killed him, and stored his body in his dantian world.
• Gu Shaoshang understood the Immortal Monument’s runes, took the repaired monument, and left before magma buried the White Jade Plaza.
• Immortal King learned that Terror had been freed and the Immortal Monument taken, then led the other God Kings toward the Outer Heavens to devour experts and recover their strength.
• Xu Wuyi pursued Wushang across a star and said that devouring him would bring him close to Thousand Transformations and Ten Thousand Changes.
• Wushang attacked Xu Wuyi with Life and Death Wheel, but Xu Wuyi’s avatar technique overwhelmed him and sent him crashing through a mountain.
• Xu Wuyi continued pursuing Wushang and White Tiger through the Void Turbulence.

Hong Yi’s father, Gu Shaoshang, told him to kill the Marquis of Victory, Yang An, during a hunt in the Western Hills, promising to tell him about his mother afterward. Hong Yi rode out with Yuan Xiang'er and Chan Yinsha to practice, learned how formidable his family and companions were, and was confronted by a silver-armored general.

• Hong Yi reflected on medicine and the possibility of treating imbalances in heaven and earth before Gu Shaoshang summoned him.
• Gu Shaoshang challenged Hong Yi for criticizing Yang An and ordered him to kill Yang An on the next day’s hunt, then accepted the Past Amitabha Sutra.
• Yuan Xiang'er and Chan Yinsha joined Hong Yi on the ride to the Western Hills to help him practice combat.
• The two Demon Immortals told Hong Yi that he was already among the world’s strongest and described Gu Shaoshang’s power and their companions’ identities.
• Hong Yi shot a musk deer, then a silver-armored young general approached with cavalry and fixed his possessive gaze on Yuan Xiang'er and Chan Yinsha.